Jupiter 2nd December 2023

[petevasey]

The night of 2nd December fortunately was clear albeit slightly hazy.  Perhaps that helped stability because with my generally mediocre seeing this is about as good as it gets for me.  The Great Red Spot nicely centred, with an interesting strongly coloured area beside it - I wonder what is happening there.  GPCAM2 on RC10 with 2.5X Powermate. 308 subs stacked from a total of 2049 (1 minute AVI).

Cheers,

Peter

 

 

 

Edited December 4, 2023 by petevasey
Reworked image - slight improvement

[geoflewis]

Nicely done Peter. Which feature beside the GRS are you referring to. Oval BA is a redish feature just below and to the right of the GRS which seems to be reforming after it's encounter with the GRS a few weeks ago.

[petevasey]

9 minutes ago, geoflewis said:

Nicely done Peter. Which feature beside the GRS are you referring to. Oval BA is a redish feature just below and to the right of the GRS which seems to be reforming after it's encounter with the GRS a few weeks ago.

Thanks, Geoff,  I'm referring to the oblong just above and to the right of the GRS.  I think it's been around for quite a while, but the colour seems to be deepening.

Cheers,

Peter

[geoflewis]

44 minutes ago, petevasey said:

Thanks, Geoff,  I'm referring to the oblong just above and to the right of the GRS.  I think it's been around for quite a while, but the colour seems to be deepening.

Cheers,

Peter

Ok, yrs that's been there for a couple of months at least. It was there for my 1st look at the GRS this apparition in Sept, but has continued to develop with its interation with the GRS rotation. Here's a few of my images fyi...

[Pete Presland]

Nice looking image Peter, always good to see the GRS in view

[petevasey]

Thanks, Geoff and Pete.

Geoff I wonder, like you, if somehow the GRS is feeding matter into the belt which is then smeared by rotation - it will be interesting to keep an eye on that.  Your images are superb.  I know the C14 seems to be the instrument of choice for planetary work, but even when I had my 12" Meade ACF I never got anywhere near your standard.  I suspect your Norfolk skies have something to do with it!  My location in the lee of the Pennines and on a ridge doesn't exactly promote steady skies.  But quite dark for other stuff.  Horses for courses 😉

Cheers,

Peter.

Edited December 17, 2023 by petevasey

[geoflewis]

48 minutes ago, petevasey said:

Thanks, Geoff andf Pete.

Geoff I wonder, like you, if somehow the GRS is feeding matter into the belt which is then smeared by rotation - it will be interesting to keep an eye on that.  Your images are superb.  I know the C14 seems to be the instrument of choice for planetary work, but even when I had my 12" Meade ACF I never got anywhere near your standard.  I suspect your Norfolk skies have something to do with it!  My location in the lee of the Pennines and on a ridge doesn't exactly promote steady skies.  But quite dark for other stuff.  Horses for courses 😉

Cheers,

Peter.

Peter,

The C14 really comes into it's own when the seeing is excellent, but in poor seeing it can yield poorer results than smaller scopes. I had some good results with my previous 10" Meade Lx200 and older inferior cameras from very light polluted skies when I lived in NW Surrey. Also see what @Konis achieving with his manual 8" dob. Nevertheless, poor seeing will kill almost everythng planetary imaging wise, so in the UK it's a case of try, try and try again.

[orion25]

That's a fine image, Peter. As has been said many times before, "the seeing is everything" especially for planetary work 👍

Regards, Reggie

Edited December 17, 2023 by orion25